Brad Y Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 I was lucky enough to get away last night for a few hours and help out a couple of farmers with a fox problem. Only spent 2 hours behind the rifle but accounted for 5 foxes and took one kangaroo for some meat. The first paddock we entered, we caught a glimpse of my nemesis, a big fox I had been after for a few years. You dont get old being dumb in the fox game, and it was certainly skilled in outwitting my efforts. Of course once we saw him we turned the vehicle on him lined up and switched the light back on and found nothing. Outcrafted again. We drove around and searched every inch of that paddock for a kangaroo that would be destined for the table but found nothing. On the way out we had just about reached the final gate when we found my nemesis again a long way from where we first saw it. This time I reckon the bugger was pretty tired after such a long run, he made the fatal mistake of trying to hide behind a few clumps of grass. Unlucky for him with me being on a higher position, I could see the eyes quite easily with the scope on 14x. I put the crosshairs slighy below his eye line to take into account of the angle and sent an 87gr vmax out of the stubby little 21 inch 6 dasher. The wonderful hollow whack sound came back up the gully and I knew it was finally game, set and match with this fox. It turned out the be a huge dog fox easily the biggest I have seen and shot. His teeth were rounded, he had a very thick coat and a rather huge set of nuts to match. He was obviously king of this area. Ding Dong the king is dead. The bullet entered just above its snout just above where I was aiming. It was around 180 paces from the vehicle. From here we moved to a new paddock about 3 minutes away and found two foxes snooping around. I gave a few calls on the primos raspy coaxer and one started charging in from 500+ meters away. It took a couple of minutes before I was confident of taking the shot, calling out the obligatory "oi dickhead" to get it to sit still. I pumped another 87gr vmax into the chest and wheeled around quickly to get a follow up shot on its partner which was high tailing it rapidly back towards the creek. It stopped when I let of a vixen scream on my nordik fox caller, but I opted to not take the shot with a house in that same general direction and it would have been an easy 300+m shot at night under a light. That one will get some treatment next time. We changed properties and immediately came across another fox in a paddock with some poddy calves. I chose not to fire again as I wasnt going to risk shooting in the same direction of cattle. We moved along a bit more and soon found a vixen sitting up on a large boulder, much like a domestic cat would on the back of a sofa. With no issues with anything behind this one, it was game on and another shot right between the eyes spraying the rocky perch with pink matter from 200m or so. A drive up another lane where I had seen some kangaroos in the past, and we quickly spotted a mob of them eating the newly germinated oats. A quick headshot dispatched an average sized model and we did all the usual stuff to have it ready for butchering later in the evening. With it getting a little late and one of our party having to milk his herd early the next morning we turned and went down the last lane for the evening, dropping another fox about 170m away. We continued along again and only 400m from the last fox we came across another that was sniffing its way along a creekline. A few more squawks and it too popped its head up to see what the fuss was about and recieved the red tipped sleeping tablet into its forehead, making another nice hollow pop. I took the tail skins off the foxes for some friends to use in their fly tying hobbies. They are all washed and salted up and will be ready to send out in a month or so. We passed up shots at two more foxes on the drive home, giving me an excuse to head out there again in a week or two. Here is the photo of my nemesis, note the size of him compared to the mcmillan stocked rem700. Also a pic of it showing where the 87gr vmax entered and blew out its bottom jaw turning it all into a rather mushy mess. Thanks for reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camo304 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Looks a good size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy_SP Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Excellent stuff - well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz6br Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Good result Big fox aswell Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako 75 .243 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Nice write up! Good work. Keep at em! Glenn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Oi dic##ead lol - that made me laugh , but great shooting brad , keep it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikka2506 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 It's a good feeling when it all works out. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouncer Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 good fox that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Y Posted June 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Thanks guys, happy to share and hopefully doing my bit for the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 I applaud you on a good outing! However, I fail to see the benefit of adding the graphic second photo?? I'm not an "Anti", and I shoot various vermin from rats with NV to fox like yourself. However, the first picture was enough to get your point across. I fail to see the need to show such a graphic second picture? A close-up of your rifle would have been better, imo. What benefit to your write-up did the second picture achieve? Other than giving the "Anti's" more impetus to cause us shooters more problems? Just one of many opinions... atb Jamie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cushty mush Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Nice write up & good shooting I was all over Vic, a couple of years ago My base was shepperton It shore is a shooters paradise out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crastalker Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Lovely fox, great size, nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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